Bryan Porter

Background

About Bryan Porter

Dr. Porter received his bachelor’s degree with honors in psychology from Virginia Tech in 1990. He received his master’s of science in psychology and doctorate of philosophy in experimental psychology degrees from The University of Memphis in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Currently, he is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He began his career at Old Dominion University where he is now Professor Emeritus of Psychology. His research area of emphasis is behavioral community psychology, focusing on community problems and psychology’s role in solving those problems. He has studied techniques for increasing driver safety, pedestrian safety, fire safety, and environmental action. He is a member of the International Association of Applied Psychology, for which he is the president of Division 13 (Traffic and Transportation Psychology). He is past co-editor-in-chief of Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour and editor of the Handbook of Traffic Psychology.